iTerm keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 51 iTerm 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Meta+T — New tab
Meta+ArrowLeft — Previous tab
Meta+ArrowRight — Next tab
Meta+W — Close tab
Shift+Meta+ArrowRight — Move tab right
Shift+Meta+ArrowLeft — Move tab left
Meta+D — Split vertically with current profile
Shift+Meta+D — Split horizontally with current profile
Meta+BracketRight — Move to the next pane
Meta+BracketLeft — Move to the previous pane
Alt+Meta+ArrowUp — Select pane above
Alt+Meta+ArrowDown — Select pane below
Alt+Meta+ArrowLeft — Select pane to the left
Alt+Meta+ArrowRight — Select pane to the right
Ctrl+L — Clear window
Meta+K — Clear buffer
Shift+PageUp — Scroll up
Meta+F — Find
Meta+Minus — Make text smaller
Meta+0 — Make text normal size
Meta+1 — Go to Tab
Meta+Backquote — Cycle iTerm Windows
Meta+Enter — Fullscreen
Shift+Meta+Enter — Maximize a pane
Ctrl+Meta+ArrowLeft — Resize Pane
Alt+Meta+H — Split Window Horizontally (new profile)
Alt+Meta+V — Split Window Vertically (new profile)
Alt+Meta+1 — Go to window
Ctrl+B — Move back one character
Ctrl+F — Move forward one character
Ctrl+D — Delete current character
Ctrl+W — Delete previous word (in shell)
Ctrl+A — Move to the start of line
Ctrl+E — Move to the end of line
Alt+F — Move forward a word
Alt+B — Move backward a word
Meta+M — Set Mark
Meta+J — Jump to Mark
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Moving by word on a line
Shift+Meta+C — Enter Copy Mode
Ctrl+V — Enter Character Selection Mode in Copy Mode
ArrowLeft — Move cursor in Copy Mode
Ctrl+K — Copy text in Copy Mode
Ctrl+R — Search as you type
Ctrl+R — Search the last remembered search term
Ctrl+Y — End the search at current history entry
Ctrl+G — Cancel the search and restore original line
Meta+Equal — Make text bigger
Shift+PageDown — Scroll up / down
Alt+Meta+I — Broadcast command to all panes in window
Meta+Backslash — Find cursor

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iTerm keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 51 iTerm 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Meta+T — New tab
Meta+ArrowLeft — Previous tab
Meta+ArrowRight — Next tab
Meta+W — Close tab
Shift+Meta+ArrowRight — Move tab right
Shift+Meta+ArrowLeft — Move tab left
Meta+D — Split vertically with current profile
Shift+Meta+D — Split horizontally with current profile
Meta+BracketRight — Move to the next pane
Meta+BracketLeft — Move to the previous pane
Alt+Meta+ArrowUp — Select pane above
Alt+Meta+ArrowDown — Select pane below
Alt+Meta+ArrowLeft — Select pane to the left
Alt+Meta+ArrowRight — Select pane to the right
Ctrl+L — Clear window
Meta+K — Clear buffer
Shift+PageUp — Scroll up
Meta+F — Find
Meta+Minus — Make text smaller
Meta+0 — Make text normal size
Meta+1 — Go to Tab
Meta+Backquote — Cycle iTerm Windows
Meta+Enter — Fullscreen
Shift+Meta+Enter — Maximize a pane
Ctrl+Meta+ArrowLeft — Resize Pane
Alt+Meta+H — Split Window Horizontally (new profile)
Alt+Meta+V — Split Window Vertically (new profile)
Alt+Meta+1 — Go to window
Ctrl+B — Move back one character
Ctrl+F — Move forward one character
Ctrl+D — Delete current character
Ctrl+W — Delete previous word (in shell)
Ctrl+A — Move to the start of line
Ctrl+E — Move to the end of line
Alt+F — Move forward a word
Alt+B — Move backward a word
Meta+M — Set Mark
Meta+J — Jump to Mark
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Moving by word on a line
Shift+Meta+C — Enter Copy Mode
Ctrl+V — Enter Character Selection Mode in Copy Mode
ArrowLeft — Move cursor in Copy Mode
Ctrl+K — Copy text in Copy Mode
Ctrl+R — Search as you type
Ctrl+R — Search the last remembered search term
Ctrl+Y — End the search at current history entry
Ctrl+G — Cancel the search and restore original line
Meta+Equal — Make text bigger
Shift+PageDown — Scroll up / down
Alt+Meta+I — Broadcast command to all panes in window
Meta+Backslash — Find cursor